Belgium-based Odoo, which makes open source ERP and CRM software for SMBs globally, raises €112M from Summit Partners at a €3.2B valuation
Robin Wauters / Tech.eu : Tweets: @robinwauters Tweets: @robinwauters : On @tech_eu: Belgian open source business software scale-up @Odoo hits €3.2 billion valuation with @SummitPartners signficantly...
Twitter acquires messaging app Quill, which will shut down and delete all user data on December 11 after launching in February to challenge Slack
Quill is joining Twitter! — We started Quill with the goal of increasing … Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch : Twitter acquires Quill, a would-be Slack rival; team will work on DMs as Quill shuts down Liam...
Sources: Thoma Bravo is raising $35B for tech company buyouts; in 2021, the PE firm acquired RealPage for $10.2B and Proofpoint for $12.3B
US-based specialist on a software acquisition binge is raising $35bn for more — The mood was buoyant when private equity executives congregated … Tweets: @antoinegara and @robinwauters Tweets: Antoi...
PE firm Permira says it has bought a 10.2% stake in Norway-listed online classifieds giant Adevinta, worth €1.9B, from eBay
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Out of about $150B raised by US companies in VC funding in 2020, only $1B went to Black or African-American startup founders
Last year, U.S. companies raised record amounts of venture capital, at just under $150 billion. But of that capital, only $1 billion went to Black … Tweets: @robinwauters , @pblackshaw , @pauljudge ,...
Vortexa, which builds AI-driven energy analytics tools, raises $19M Series B led by monashees
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Soda, which develops a data monitoring service to help make sure data is verifiable and trustworthy, raises €11.5M Series A led by Singular
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Custom parts manufacturer Protolabs buys 3D Hubs, an online on-demand service providing access to ~240 manufacturing partners, for up to $330M in cash and stock
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Tel Aviv-based Trigo, which uses computer vision checkout tech to retrofit stores, competing with Amazon Go, raises $60M Series B, bringing total raised to $94M
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A look at the murky world of moderation on Clubhouse, which has become a haven for the powerful to flirt with misogyny and racism
Tatiana Walk-Morris / Vanity Fair : Tweets: @robinwauters Tweets: Robin Wauters / @robinwauters : “In the bubble that is Clubhouse, pseudo-intellectual monologues from powerful users can go unchecked...